The Treatment (2001 film)

The Treatment (2001 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Treatment


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director = Xiaolong Zheng
producer = Mark Byers
Zhou Puxiong
Paul Yen (associate producer)
writer = Mark Byers
narrator =
starring = Tony Leung Ka-Fai
music = Ye Xiaogang
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released = 2001
runtime = 105 min.
country = China
language = English / Mandarin
budget =
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website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0297928

"The Treatment" (zh-cp|c=刮痧|p=gūa shā) is a Chinese movie released in 2001 starring Tony Leung Ka-Fai. It is a story about cultural conflicts experienced by a Chinese family in the USA.

Plot

A grandfather comes from China to visit his family in the USA. While there, he gives his grandson a treatment of Gua Sha. The authorities mistake the harmless traditional Chinese medical treatment for child abuse. The family goes through hell when the child is taken away by the child protection agency. Meanwhile, the grandfather leaves America because he finds that the living environment is really not suitable for him, as he feels that a simple, harmless treatment like gua sha which is so common in China is treated as child abuse in America. Furthermore, he cannot converse in English. An American friend of the father (Tony Leung) tries gua sha and proves that the treatment leaves painful-looking marks that are not actually painful or harmful at all. Finally, the child is able to return home and the family is reunited.

External links

*imdb title|id=0297928|title=The Treatment
*amg title|id=1:246207|title=The Treatement
* [http://www.dianying.com/en/title/gs-2000 The Treatment] at the Chinese Movie Database


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